Recently when working on one of the features of Creately (an online collaborative diagram software) I had the need to calculate the curve length of a quadratic curve. The Flex/AS3 curves are quadratic (when you draw using the curveTo function of the Graphics class).The requirement I had was a pretty simple and straightforward one. However I didn’t [...]
As a Apple fanboy I have been one to explore and make use of most of the features apple products have to provide. Specifically this time I am talking about Time Machine on my MacBook Pro. A little experience I had over the weekend trying to get Lion (Apparently the most advanced desktop OS in [...]
The last post I did about mouse wheel scroll for Flash applications came in handy in a GWT application I was working recently. The solution is a embeddable viewer for Creately diagrams. The player lets you view large diagrams by letting you zoom and pan around. Panning naturally works by dragging but what makes it [...]
